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[Q] ODin went wrong :/

so heres my situation maybe you guys can help.
I wanted to flash a new rom so i had to odin to stock. simple right? well i started the process and everythin seemed like smooth sailing untill it reach FactoryRHS i think im not to sure but w.e after it got up to that point my phone screen went purple? i was like what the freak and it was not going any where so i pulled battery and now my phone wont turn on... Any ideas how to fix? beside the JIG because i seriously dont want to do that unlesss i HAVE to.
Thanks in advance
Inc

IIDIncII said:
so heres my situation maybe you guys can help.
I wanted to flash a new rom so i had to odin to stock. simple right? well i started the process and everythin seemed like smooth sailing untill it reach FactoryRHS i think im not to sure but w.e after it got up to that point my phone screen went purple? i was like what the freak and it was not going any where so i pulled battery and now my phone wont turn on... Any ideas how to fix? beside the JIG because i seriously dont want to do that unlesss i HAVE to.
Thanks in advance
Inc
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Somebody on here has a couple of jigs for like $15. I made one for about the same price. It's easy and necessary if you are going to flash and have a newer phone. It works every time.

Try this. Open the one click odin 3 (the jh6 stock rom version). Unplug the battery. Plug the usb cable in and press both volume buttons and the power button. Put the battery back in and as you do that release the power button but keep holding the volume.buttons. this should put you in download mode. Good luck.
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goob1284 said:
Try this. Open the one click odin 3 (the jh6 stock rom version). Unplug the battery. Plug the usb cable in and press both volume buttons and the power button. Put the battery back in and as you do that release the power button but keep holding the volume.buttons. this should put you in download mode. Good luck.
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it is possible for the screen to be black and still be in download mode, i had it happen, and reflashed via odin on a black screen, odin still saw the phone so i said what the hell and click start, it worked successfully. so try th meathod above and dont be discouraged if the screen is still black.
also re download the stock rom and odin downloader. it may have been a corrupt file that caused it.
if those dont work buy a jig. pain i know but what else can you do? do you have insurance?

This is an weird problem that I think is fairly rare. I freaked out when this happened. I was able to get all the colors of the rainbow to appear on my phone. It happened to me 4 or 5 times before I finally managed to flash to stock. I just pulled the battery sd and sim every time it happened and flashed again. The phone is not bricked just keep trying and it should work
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Sweet thanks guys I'll try all methods when I get home. I'm in my psy class right now lol
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double RL said:
Somebody on here has a couple of jigs for like $15. I made one for about the same price. It's easy and necessary if you are going to flash and have a newer phone. It works every time.
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That would be me

goob1284 said:
Try this. Open the one click odin 3 (the jh6 stock rom version). Unplug the battery. Plug the usb cable in and press both volume buttons and the power button. Put the battery back in and as you do that release the power button but keep holding the volume.buttons. this should put you in download mode. Good luck.
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Yup, this method worked on my Captivate. I tried it just before making the 301k ohm jig. Thanks!

bsv109 said:
Yup, this method worked on my Captivate. I tried it just before making the 301k ohm jig. Thanks!
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Yeup! worked on mine too when I bricked it
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Holy sh!t same thing hapoend to me....just do as says have batt out and usb in then three click and install batt release when u think att screen flashed release power..make sure odin is running.worked atfer about ten times
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[Q] Is replacing the motherboard is feasible solution for a bricked captivate?

I completely killed my phone.
I was flashing with Odin 1 click, and it got stuck at the factoryfs.rfs. After I long while I had to disconnect it and now it is dead. No PC--!--Phone screen, no battery charging indicator, nothing. Not even my home made jig is working. 3 button combo not working, USB + VolUP + VolDown not working either. The Vol UP + Power HW test screen is gone too,
This happened to me once before with a failed Odin flash too. Completely unresponsive device. I did manage to get it back with the jig. But this time it seems I completely killed it.
It's weird though, because the most important step went fine (the bootloader/sbl.bin step). This sucks

Hmm idk got that yesterday check your jig. If you have a Meter to test its output is wound up having to rebuild my jig with 6 resistors to get the ohm I needed to force download. Do a search there is a guy that made a jig using a igo micro usb tip is used the same thing today but had to test out several different sets of resistors before I got dl mode
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The only way to completely brick the captivate is to have a phone that did not come with the 3-button combo and have not flashed dg's 3 button fix and to have a broken micro-usb port so that a jig will not work. So in reality no its not possible.
If I were you I would check your jig and try again

bencaptivate said:
The only way to completely brick the captivate is to have a phone that did not come with the 3-button combo and have not flashed dg's 3 button fix and to have a broken micro-usb port so that a jig will not work. So in reality no its not possible.
If I were you I would check your jig and try again
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this is false.
i bricked one with a bootloader flash from armani....i was stupid to leave it in the CWM flashable i made
and i have another one that is completely dead...unrelated to flashing, as it was stock JH7...even my jig wont bring it back

Yeah well. I'm going to buy a jig from ebay (does the Fascinate jig works with the Captivate as well?
Otherwise, I'll just get a used Captivate for cheap. Would love a new phone, but can't justify the expense of a Nexus S or something.
Another option, is it possible to just replace the motherboard? would that work? If so, I can get one for spare parts.
I'll be going back to a feature phone for the next couple of weeks though : ( . I loved my cappy. It's been a terrible week though, it's like I'm on a roll of bad news. Oh well, it's just a phone.

cumanzor said:
Yeah well. I'm going to buy a jig from ebay (does the Fascinate jig works with the Captivate as well?
Otherwise, I'll just get a used Captivate for cheap. Would love a new phone, but can't justify the expense of a Nexus S or something.
Another option, is it possible to just replace the motherboard? would that work? If so, I can get one for spare parts.
I'll be going back to a feature phone for the next couple of weeks though : ( . I loved my cappy. It's been a terrible week though, it's like I'm on a roll of bad news. Oh well, it's just a phone.
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How much are you planning on spending? I would just go to to Radio Shack massive bag of resistors is 12 bucks and the iGo micro usb connector is 10 bucks so 22 bucks and you have an easy jig and pretty much unlimited resistors for all the bricks. I say thats the best way. i have enough resistors now to unbrick everyones captivates for the next year.

Go for the new Infuse, its a faster and upgraded captivate. Or just wait for the Iphone 5
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Dupontrocks11 said:
Or just wait for the Iphone 5
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Uh oh, is gonna start another apple flame? Lol, if so I'll have something to read when bored
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the Iphone5 really? what did he ever do to you?
thats just rude...

Trusselo said:
the Iphone5 really? what did he ever do to you?
thats just rude...
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Lol its supposed to be 4 inches dual core, face regonition, aluminum back. It looks pretty good except i know apple is going to rape your wallet for it. But after 4 defective captivates, anything that works looks good
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[Q] Who has two thumbs and hard bricked his cappy? This guy.

Hey guys. I've had my cappy since last august (one year, obviously) and today an act of god happened while I was trying to flash my phone to serendipity 6.4 - lightning struck my dorm building (poor college student), and the power went out.
anywho, as you know the warranty period is one year (stupid if you're locked in for 2 years, imho) and guess what? my warranty expired YESTERDAY. FML. called AT&T and they won't let me get a new one now, and I'm not eligible for an upgrade. so... i have two options - shell out a lot of cash that I don't have for an insurance replacement or new phone, or fix my phone. I've tried making a jig, and it didn't work. None of the key combos work. It always goes to the phone-warning-computer screen. I searched and searched for a miracle solution but found nothing. Does anyone have anything I can try?
If not... is there anyone out there with an HTC inspire or captivate they'd be willing to sell me? This is the only phone I have, I don't have a backup, nor a home phone line.

With the pc screen you can't hold down the volume buttons and plug in usb with Odin running? If you're on gb kf1 bootloaders I remember seeing somewhere that screen is download mode. Worth a try.
That's one of my biggest fears. Precisely why I started using my laptop for flashes.
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If ur seeing signs of some kind of life, then ur not hard bricked.
Edit: This may get u into download mode... Pull battery, insert usb into computer (with Odin already open), insert micro usb into ur phone, replace battery. If u get into download mode, put the battery cover on then proceed.
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For2ndtwin said:
If ur seeing signs of some kind of life, then ur not hard bricked.
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well, it gives me the phone-!-computer screen but nothing else. Jig failed, odin fails, nothing will put it in download.
Edit: for the record, I was using Serendipity 7 before, and had that horrid battery drain problem, so I was trying to flash back to 6.4... if it matters.

^ If u can't get into Recovery, I edited my post above to maybe help with download mode.
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You said JIG failed i really doubt that it will fail try with another JIG.
What bootloaders you are on ?

You try only holding volume down or only holding volume up while plugging into pc from phone off state. ( best way to make sure is pull battery and replace without pushing any buttons. )??
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rkkaranrk said:
You said JIG failed i really doubt that it will fail try with another JIG.
What bootloaders you are on ?
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I owe you a beer, sir.
didn't feel like buying another connector so I sacrificed my backup car charger and made a jig with better soldering and all that jaz, and voila, it worked!

edit: See ya got it...good deal.
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For2ndtwin said:
^^ Yeah, reboot ur computer and then try connecting to Odin to flash stock ecair or stock ginger i 9000 or i897 ginger...whichever way u want to go with it.
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Computer's up, flashing stock currently.
my dormmates thought I was insane when i ran down the hall to my bud's dorm yelling IT'S ALIIIIIIIIVVVVVEEEEEE! I FIXED IT!!!!!! lol
But seriously. If you ever want a free beer...

^^^Hahaha ITS ALIIIVVVVVVEEEE, Yeah i know that feeling how it feels when u fix something.

rkkaranrk said:
^^^Hahaha ITS ALIIIVVVVVVEEEE, Yeah i know that feeling how it feels when u fix something.
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Yup, complete with waving my phone above my head and everything =)

Lol awesome. Glad you got it working again good to always have a jig on standby.
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This is precisely the reason why I do all my flashing from my laptop and I have a jig (or two) around me...and an entire pack of resistors on my desk somewhere. I went to the shack the other day and bought the 10 dollar super pack of resistors, and as a Computer Engineering major, I should never have to buy resistors ever again...I gives you somewhere around 500 resistors of differing resistance.

worked with another jig (a better made one)? Gratz!!

N1 + foam party = fail to boot

Hi, last week I was in a foam party... with my nexus one in the back pocket..
It was almost completely wet, I wait different hours and then I try to start it but it stuck at the boot ("X" symbol). Yesterday I came back at home, I change the battery, clean the phone with alcohol and put it in the rice for almost a day. I can enter into the bootloader (blackrose), I can use fastboot but the recovery (amonRa) and my rom do no boot. I flashed the radio and the recovery several times. It always bootloop when I start the recovery. With blackrose I check the internal memory, there are 2 bad blocks... not too much. The screen, all the buttons and the battery seems to work correctly but the led does not light up when I charge the N1 (but it charge the battery and without the battery but plugged in, if I try to power on the smartphone, the led blinks).
Do you have some suggestions?

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Hi, last week I was in a foam party... with my nexus one in the back pocket..
It was almost completely wet, I wait different hours and then I try to start it but it stuck at the boot ("X" symbol). Yesterday I came back at home, I change the battery, clean the phone with alcohol and put it in the rice for almost a day. I can enter into the bootloader (blackrose), I can use fastboot but the recovery (amonRa) and my rom do no boot. I flashed the radio and the recovery several times. It always bootloop when I start the recovery. With blackrose I check the internal memory, there are 2 bad blocks... not too much. The screen, all the buttons and the battery seems to work correctly but the led does not light up when I charge the N1 (but it charge the battery and without the battery but plugged in, if I try to power on the smartphone, the led blinks).
Do you have some suggestions?
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I mean, i guess this might not work since your N1 is now Liquid Damaged but try this:
Fastboot erase system
fastboot erase boot
fastboot erase userdata
fastboot erase cache
fastboot erase recovery
Note: you will need a recovery image and a rom zip so that you can test out if your N1 boots into recovery or not, if it does proceed to flashing the rom then reboot, and still Your phone has acquired Liquid Damage, nothing i have told you might work, it might not even get recognised by the Computer that is being used for the current operation, your phone might even end up in smoke...ok maybe not but you have been warned.

Hi, thank you for you reply. I tried what you said but without success, the recovery continues to bootloop (of course I re-flashed it).
Maybe I have to say goodbye to my N1 :crying:

ercoppa said:
Hi, thank you for you reply. I tried what you said but without success, the recovery continues to bootloop (of course I re-flashed it).
Maybe I have to say goodbye to my N1 :crying:
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Not really, you can send your phone into a dealer to get a part changed well mainly the motherboard because that is dramatically cheaper than purchasing a new phone
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You should have stuck it in a bag of rice as soon as you got home.
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cpm said:
You should have stuck it in a bag of rice as soon as you got home.
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Now that he powered it on I guess its already corroded, because water+electricity = corrosion and that equals to damaged electronics
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humzaahmed155 said:
Now that he powered it on I guess its already corroded, because water+electricity = corrosion and that equals to damaged electronics
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That's true, but if you search online a lot of people (e.g. youtube v=FQAUncGSVT0) were very lucky with N1 & water.
You should have stuck it in a bag of rice as soon as you got home.
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You are totally right... but I was in Palma de Mallorca... very drunk and stupid :silly:.
Not really, you can send your phone into a dealer to get a part changed well mainly the motherboard because that is dramatically cheaper than purchasing a new phone
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I don't know yet but probably here in Rome they will ask me too much money (>100€) if it is the motherboard. Maybe I can upgrade to an used Samsung Galaxy Nexus (~200€-280€),

ercoppa said:
That's true, but if you search online a lot of people (e.g. youtube v=FQAUncGSVT0) were very lucky with N1 & water.
You are totally right... but I was in Palma de Mallorca... very drunk and stupid :silly:.
I don't know yet but probably here in Rome they will ask me too much money (>100€) if it is the motherboard. Maybe I can upgrade to an used Samsung Galaxy Nexus (~200€-280€),
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Good luck on your transition!
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ercoppa said:
That's true, but if you search online a lot of people (e.g. youtube v=FQAUncGSVT0) were very lucky with N1 & water.
You are totally right... but I was in Palma de Mallorca... very drunk and stupid :silly:.
I don't know yet but probably here in Rome they will ask me too much money (>100€) if it is the motherboard. Maybe I can upgrade to an used Samsung Galaxy Nexus (~200€-280€),
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While your at it I still need to see the toughness of the phone if you know what I mean, how's about a drop test which YouTube is yet to see as you will be the first one to do it on YouTube
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Firmware upgrade failed

Thanks to google: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=19100269 (Not working)
Thanks to forum search: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=19100269 (Look familiar?)
^: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1226089 (Not working)
Can't access download mode by any combination of button presses.
Don't seem to find any difference between download mode and recovery mode
Can't find any proof Kies 2.x ever even existed (and Kies for my other Samsung phone (Galaxy S Blaze 4g) is "too new" for Exhibit II),
"One Click Unbrick" needs download mode? How's that work if the problem I'm trying to solve using it is not being able to access download mode?
Trying to flash from "Firmware upgrade failed" screen anyways (as directed here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1226089#post17487348) using Odin Multi Downloader v4.43 as directed http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=20394682#post20394682 also not working
Can't think of anything else searching has told me to try, but clearly missing something and need help.

Make a USB jig to access download mode when other options fail. If USB jig "dongle" doesn't work then I have no idea.
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Dvarl said:
Make a USB jig to access download mode when other options fail. If USB jig "dongle" doesn't work then I have no idea.
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"Make" a dongle?? That may be just a little beyond my skillset.

Honestly its not that hard to do, the hardest part is all the cutting. You can get around the soldering by making it two peices, the dongle that goes into the phone, then the resistors, just make sure you insulate them. Or if you dont want to bother doing that you can buy one on Amazon for about 3 - 5 bucks.
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Dvarl said:
Honestly its not that hard to do, the hardest part is all the cutting. You can get around the soldering by making it two peices, the dongle that goes into the phone, then the resistors, just make sure you insulate them. Or if you dont want to bother doing that you can buy one on Amazon for about 3 - 5 bucks.
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Soldering or not, wires and resistors = hard to do.
Sadly though, this seemingly being my only resort, could I ask for help selecting the correct piece from amazon?

ducky69247 said:
Soldering or not, wires and resistors = hard to do.
Sadly though, this seemingly being my only resort, could I ask for help selecting the correct piece from amazon?
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Think I found it (http://usbjig.com/)
Wish me luck I guess >.<

ducky69247 said:
Think I found it (http://usbjig.com/)
Wish me luck I guess >.<
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No luck with jig, phone comes on right to the upgrade fail screen, no amount of ****ing with it seems to get me back to download mode.
Well there goes nearly 200 bucks, that's what I get for eBaying it and skipping the 3rd party warranty -.-

I've got the phone for sale now on eBay "as is," if anyone wants it
Edit for Clarification: Original "Samsung Exhibit," not "Exhibit II/Galaxy Exhibit"